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Starred Review on September 15, 2013 | Fiction
Australian Ruth Field did not anticipate living alone in her seaside retirement cottage. The sudden death of husband Harry has left the septuagenarian coping relatively well but feeling the effects of age creeping up on her like the tigers she dreams are prowling through the living room. Frida, a government home health aide, arrives and quickly insinuates herself into Ruth's life (and spare bedroom). Ruth initially welcomes the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More